[3.2]paracyclophane (10), [4.2]paracyclophane (14), [4.3]paracyclophane (19) as well as several derivatives of these compounds – among others the bromides 25, the ester 31, the diesters 40–43 – are described using well-established methods of cyclophane chemistry (ring-closure reactions leading to thiacyclophanes, ring contraction by sulfone pyrolysis). The parent systems and their derivatives are now